Bulgaria’s political crisis: A President in the middle
He has been booed and jeered by protesters, called a marionette by a minority party leader and had his ability
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Emergency declared in village near Bulgaria’s Kyustendil after river bursts banks
A state of emergency has been declared in the village of Dolno Selo after the Bistritsa River burst its banks
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Among EU countries, children in Bulgaria most at risk of poverty and social exclusion – Eurostat
Among European Union countries, Bulgaria has the highest rate – at 52 per cent – of under-18s at risk of
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: National security council, Parliament meet
Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security was scheduled to hold a meeting on February 26 2013 to discuss risks and
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: opposition rejects acting PM’s challenge to form cabinet
Bulgaria’s two largest opposition parties, the socialists and the predominantly ethnic Turk Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), have rejected
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Bulgarian political crisis: protesters’ demands, in English
On February 24, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev appeared in front of the protest rally in Sofia to accept a document
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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines Sofia heating utility
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on February 25 that it fined Toplofikatsiya Sofia, the state-owned heating utility
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: Borissov challenges socialists, MRF to form government
Moments after formally turning down the offer to form a government anew, Boiko Borissov challenged the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party
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Bulgaria’s new Patriarch offers public prayer for unity of nation
The newly-elected Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Neofit, offered a public prayer at his enthronement ceremony at Sofia’s Alexander
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